Epidemiology professor at ucsf he says the numbers may not be complete. The bay area has more than 13,000 coronavirus cases and more than 400 deaths, some victims who died at home might have never been tested. And then theres the cases that have not been counted. We know that a substantial proportion of people maybe 30 maybe 40 at most of them is that all another substantial chunk of people maybe another 20 or so or 30 have very mild symptoms that might not they might not even go see their doctor about. Cdc director doctor Robert Redfield tweeted earlier this month. Models predicting an increase in deaths in the coming weeks and total of over 100,000 by june 1st. Well here in the bay area there almost 13,000 confirmed coronavirus cases check the numbers out right there on your screen. Look at Alameda County all of the county leads the local counties with more than 3. 1000 infections. But the virus has been deadlier in Santa Clara County where 140 people have died. The complete breakdow
This hearing will come to order. Good morning. Today, we will discuss with the technology is doing to remove violent and extremist tenth from their platform. This is a matter of serious important to the safety and wellbeing of our nations communities. I hope we can engage in a collaborative discussion about what more can be done within the jurisdiction of this committee to keep our communities safe from those wishing to do us harm. Today, we representative on the Worlds Largest social Media Companies and Online Platforms, we hear from this Monika Bickert, head of the Global Policy management for facebook, and mr. Nick pickles, policy director of twitter. Mr. Derek slater, Global Policy director, and Senior Vice President of program for the anti defamation league. Over the past two decades, the United States has led the world in the development of social media and other services to allow people to sites like google, facebook, and twitter, and platforms like instagram and twitter have ch
Hearing. The chair is roger wicker of mississippi. This hearing will come to order. Good morning. Today, we will discuss with the technology is doing to remove violent and extremist tenth from their platform. This is a matter of serious important to the safety and wellbeing of our nations communities. I hope we can engage in a collaborative discussion about what more can be done within the jurisdiction of this committee to keep our communities safe from those wishing to do us harm. Today, we representative on the Worlds Largest social Media Companies and Online Platforms, we hear from this Monika Bickert, head of the Global Policy management for facebook, and mr. Nick pickles, policy director of twitter. Mr. Derek slater, Global Policy director, and Senior Vice President of program for the anti defamation league. Over the past two decades, the United States has led the world in the development of social media and other services to allow people to sites like google, facebook, and twitte
Residents prepare for flooding. High winds and dangerous lightning. The storm now downgraded to a category 2. Welcome to kron. 4 news at 8. Im noelle bellow and im dan thorn. Governor newsom has issued a state of emergency for much of Southern California to support hurricane hilary response and recovery efforts. Areas of the inland empire could see a years worth of rain in just a matter of days. There could be significant flooding and debris flows, particularly in areas that are impacted by wildfires on the mainland. Residents are preparing for hurricane hilary by lining lowlying areas with sandbags to it. Ward off flooding and the coast guard is boat owners to keep their vessels in the harbor. In the meantime, menlo park Fire Fighters on instagram posting that their Water Rescue Team has been deployed to Southern California as the storm is set to make landfall tomorrow. Well, we want to start off this hour with a look at the storms heres a look at baja, california, along the on the be
And how Climate Change has played a role in the devastation behind. Was initially a wetlands. It had water big fish ponds. It had it wasnt known as a dry area of the development has happened and small are helping more a condo buildings, Development Just all around the island. But in this area, specifically, weve seen a lot of that wetland, all of that wetland disappear the sugar cane industry which originally took up the palm of acreage around we native grasslands growing all over island. So these factors all impact the ability of the Massive Wildfire to move very, very quickly under the right circumstances with really high winds. I think that thats a big part of and Climate Change having these big storm, having high winds is another component of she also says as the area looks to the future care needs to be taken to rebuild wisely. And with respect for the historic nature of the community, it has to be with the people who the local families who live there. So much of liner prior to th